Awning-fixture.



No. s3|,597. I Patented Aug. 22, 1899. .1! SULLIVAN.

AWNING FIXTURE.

(Application filed Jan. 27, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE. 7

JAMES SULLIVAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y;

AWNING-FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 631,597, dated August 22, 1899.

Application filed January 27, 1899- Serial No. 703,575. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES SULLIVAN, of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Awning-Fixture, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object ofmy invention is to provide a between the pulley and its casing or block' when the awning is raised or folded up.

A further object of the invention is to so construct the improved fixtures that they will not interfere with the operation of the manipulating-ropes and will also tend to cause a quick and safe fall of the awning from the folded to an open position.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of an awning to which the improvement is applied, a part of the awning being broken'away to disclose said improvement. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through a portion of an awning and its support, illustrating likewise the improved fixture in longitudinal section and in position for use; and Fig. 3'is a plan View of the improved fixture.

A represents an awning; B, the support to which the awning is attached; 0, the pulley block or casing for the awning; D, the pulley-wheel contained Within the block or casing, and E a manipulating-rope for the awning, which is passed through the eyes 10, attached to the inner face of the awning, and over the pulley-wheel D.

F represents the improved fixture, shield, or guard. The pulley block or casing O is provided with the usual swivel-eye 11, which may be received in the usual way by a supporting-eye 12, that is secured to the support 13 for the awning, as is shown particularly in Fig. 2. Afixture, shield, or guard F is provided for each pulley, located at the upper portion of an awning and over which a manipulating-rope E is passed. The fixture, guard, or block F usually consists of a body 13, of leather; butany othersuitable material that may be readily bent or flexed may be employed. The body of the fixture, guard, or shield F is usually made pear-shaped, as shown in Fig. 3; but I desire it to be understood that I do not restrict myself to any marginal contour for the device.

At one end of the body 13 of the fixture, guard, or shield a slot 14 is made, and when the device is of the shape shown in Fig. 3 the slot 14 is longitudinally placed and located near the contracted end of the body, while at the opposite end of the body an opening 15 is made, through which a manipulatingrope E may be readilypassed, and the wall of the said opening is usually protected by a gromet 16; but the wall of the opening may be left exposed or it may be protected in any other desired manner.

In operation before a pulley block or casing (3 is suspended from a support B the swivel-eye 11 of the said pulley block or casing is passed through the slot 14 of the fixture, guard, or shield F, the main portion of the body of the shield extending down in front of the pulley block or casing, so that when the pulley block or casing is placed in position the shield will be between the pulley block' or casing and the inner face of the awning A, as is shown in Fig. 2. The manipulating-ropes E for the awning are passed through the openings 15 in the shield, guard, or fixture before they are passed over the pulley-wheels in the blocks or casings 0, carrying the said shield devices.

Under such a construction it is obvious that it is rendered impossible for the material of the awning adjacent to the blocks or casings O to be drawn therein or become in any manner entangled between the pulley-wheels D and the spaces in the blocks or casings in which said wheels revolve and that when the awning is raised or even when it is lowered it cannot be laoerated by engagement with the pulley-block or their Wheels. It is furthermore evident that when an awning is raised the folds of the front of the awning will be mainly upon the outer face of the fixture, guard, or s'hield F, and therefore when the awning is to be dropped it will quickly fall to its open position, since the folds of said awning adjacent to its upper support will freely open out as they move upon the smooth outer face of the device.

The device is exceedingly simple. It is durable and economic, easily applied, and it will tend to preserve an awning against laceration in its manipulation.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. The combination, with the pulley-block of an awning and the eye of the said block, of a shield having an opening therein through which the eye of the pulley-block is arranged to pass, the body of the shield being adapted to extend between the wall of the pulley-block and the opposing material of the awning, said shield having also a second opening therein, through which latter opening the manipulating-rope of the awning is passed before being carried over the wheel of the pulley-block, as described.

2. A shield for blocks, the shield being formed of pliable material and having a slot adapted to receive the eye or becket of the block, and a portion of the shield being adapted to lie in front of the sheave, such portion of the sheave being formed with an opening therein through which the line may be passed.

JAMES SULLIVAN.

Vitnesses:

ALBERT E. PHILIPPY, DANIEL Gowns. 

